Fredi Onan Vicen Peña

HONDURAS

(1978– ) Fredi Onan Vicen Peñais a coffee farmer in Honduras. His family farm has produced quality coffee for a very long time, but recently, his farm has faced extreme weather and patterns like he's never seen before. Climate change has wiped out entire harvests, disrupted growing cycles, and promoted the spread of pests. His plants are now plagued with coffee rust.

His brothers and children have fled north in a desperate attempt at survival, leaving their coffee farms abandoned.

For small producers like himself, there is no way to get ahead of this. He has been learning about other species that are more resistant to disease and drought, and has started working with other crops like cacao and avocados.

Source: Semple Kirk. “Central American Farmers Head to the U.S., Fleeing Climate Change.” New York Times, 13 Apr 2019.

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